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How Maryland ranks
MD
Among the 50 states + DC —
median rank 18th
·
all states
vs US states
vs Europe
vs World
▸
Life expectancy
77.2 years
’21
19th
▸
Lowest homicide rate
8.6 per 100k
’24
42nd
▸
Lowest gun deaths
†
11.6 per 100k
’24
11th
▸
Lowest prisoner population
†
261 per 100k
’23
18th
▸
Paid maternity leave
†
0 weeks
’26
14th
▸
Statutory paid holiday
0 days
’26
1st
▸
Lowest road deaths
†
9.3 per 100k
’24
13th
▸
Lowest drug deaths
‡
22.1 per 100k
’25
33rd
▸
Minimum wage
†
$15
’26
13th
▸
Lowest obesity
‡
32.7 % of adults
’24
19th
▸
GDP per capita
†
$83,299
’24
23rd
▸
Lowest unemployment
3.2%
’24
15th
▸
Lowest infant mortality
5.5 per 1k births
’24
21st
▸
Lowest suicide rate
†
10.2 per 100k
’24
6th
▸
Lowest CO₂ per person
†
8.2 t per person
’22
2nd
▸
Renewable energy share
†
4.5%
’24
45th
▸
Nobel laureates per million
‡
0.32 per million
’25
35th
▸
Population
6.3M people
’25
19th
▸
Land area
25,151 km²
’25
42nd
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